The Death Ship

Victoria sheds an interesting light on the RMS *Titanic *tragedy, with her focus on death, decomposition, and recovery of the passengers and crew by the ‘death ships’. A very insightful read.

-- Dee Ryan-Meister, Maritime Marine History Researcher/ Editor/ Titanic Society of Atlantic Canada President

A fascinating, information-saturated, thorough research work dealing with a wide variety of topics that constitute the core subject of death on *Titanic *in a broad sense, both during the sinking and beyond, including the recovery of dead bodies and the mortal remains of the ship itself. This book really provides an extensive overview, sometimes dark, sometimes enlightening, and stimulates your thinking superbly. At the same time, and rather paradoxically, it makes you feel glad to be alive, as John B. ‘Jack’ Thayer once wrote.

-- Eugene Nesmeyanov, author of The Titanic Expeditions: Diving to the Queen of the Deep 1985–2021

"There are many facets that combine to tell the story of Titanic, from conception, construction to maiden voyage and tragedy, all well covered in the pages of history books. The last episode in Titanic's tale, however, is not widely discussed for obvious reasons. The Death Ship covers the final chapter of Titanic's tragedy, delving into the sometimes gruesome aspects of the reality of death as is associated with a tragedy at sea, and providing a well-organized reference to the out-coming legislation, recovery efforts and final arrangements of Titanic's fatalities; it deserves a place on the historian’s book shelf."

-- Bruce Beveridge, author of Titanic: The Ship Magnificent

In this book, Victoria Brown looks into how and why so many of those aboard Titanic lost their lives. … examines in detail the fates of the 1,496 people who perished on that cold and moonless night … how those lost died, how their bodies were recovered and where their remains were interred.

-- Steve Hall, Titanic historian and author (from the Foreword to The Death S